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CARDINAL SARTO IS ELECTED POPE; Patriarch of Venice Chosen on Seventh Ballot. TAKES TITLE OF PIUS X. Impressive Scene in Conclave When Vote Is Counted -- New Pontiff Is Expected to Follow the Policy of Leo XIII.

ROME, Aug. 4. -- The conclave, after being in session for four days, to-day elected Giuseppe Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, as Pope to succeed Leo XIII., and he now reigns at the Vatican and over the Catholic world as Pius X. To-night all Rome is illuminated in his honor. His election and the assumption of his holy office were marked by a striking demonstration and impressive ceremonies at the Vatican, which only ended this evening.

August 05, 1903

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